Jim Smith

@jism.bsky.social

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Freelance wordsmith and web worker based in Aotearoa, New Zealand. He and him. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him... maybe you can hire The J Team. @JiSm at the other place.

Huge rainbow seen from Northcote arching over the whole of Auckland CBD skyline.
Run to PaknSave Wairau for 4kg tins of Morello cherries for $10.
Screenshot of a Minecraft creation made by the wonderful Judd Smith
The True Size Of website's comparison of Iran to new Zealand and Australia - and Tasmania!
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The moon
IKEA Gulrismott bag suits amongst a pretty typical kitchen scene.
Golden hour in Auckland
Really awful glass cleaner — Ajax Spray n wipe
Farewell exit sign at IKEA Sylvia Park.
IKEA welcome sign at new Sylvia Park store
IKEA Auckland building
New sign points to IKEA
Dickhead neighbour weed whacking right outside our lounge window at 7pm on a Friday night. It's 95db on the deck. He's been at it for an hour now.
Silhouette of Scott McTominay's stunning overhead kick give Scotland an early lead in their decisive World Cup qualifier with Denmark, which they won 4-2. The greatest Scotland goal of all time?
Sunset over Auckland on Tuesday 11 November 2025
Auckland CBD seen from Northcote.
An old Flymo hand mower with a banana box badly tied on to it as a makeshift grass box sits on a freshly cut, unraked lawn.
Planks of wood with nails hammered through them
Winston Peters (left) and David Seymour shake hands at the signing of a coalition deal today. Both will have a turn at deputising for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (centre). Photo: NZ Herald
Picture of a fan from a te reo study book showing a fan — or kōwhiuwhiu
Homemade shaving soap
Auckland CBD from Northcote, with the city lights reflected in the slack tide of the harbour.
Stained glass window with inscription that reads "East West Hame's Best".
Framed poster printed by Mr Vintage called I ♥️ NZ Music - Guess The Bands showing a grid of 46 clues in rebus form representing 46 New Zealand bands. The band names are arranged in eight rows as follows: Herbs, Black Seeds, Dimmer, Dragon, Hollie Smith Ladyhawke, Bats, Goldenhorse, Die! Die! Die!, Tadpole, Katchafire Pacifier (ie Shihad), Kora, Zed, Brunettes, The Fourmyula, P-Money The Datsuns[?], Goodshirt, Chicks, Concord Dawn, 3Ds, Crowded House Feelers, DD Smash, Shape Shifter, Pitch Black, Strawpeople, Rhombus Checks, Headless Chickens, Hello Sailor, Minuit, Scribe, Blindspott ...., Shocking Pinks, Muttonbirds, Naked Spots Dance, Bleeders, Topp Twins Split Enz, Flight of the Conchords, Dead C, Phoenix Foundation, Head Like a Hole
Pastel pink sunset skies over Auckland City
A loaf of spiced orange and raisin bread.
View of Auckland City from Northcote after a big old hailstorm.
Fancy bread
A freshly turned out loaf of cardamom and raisin bread, with an orange and cinnamon swirl, sits on a cooling rack beside a Panasonic bread machine basket in front of an awful photographic splashback thing that was in the house when we bought it and has somehow survived despite only the kids liking it.
View of morning food rolling out of the Waitemata harbour.
Auckland CBD from Northcote on a sunny winter afternoon
Auckland CBD skyline seen from Northcote as the sun sets on Monday 11 August 2025.